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Louisiana's 2nd Congressional District election, 2022
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| Louisiana's 2nd Congressional District |
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| General election |
| Election details |
| Filing deadline: July 22, 2022 |
| Primary: November 8, 2022 General: December 10, 2022 Pre-election incumbent: Vacant |
| How to vote |
| Poll times: 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. (Tuesday elections) 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. (Saturday elections) |
| Race ratings |
Cook Political Report: Solid Democratic Inside Elections: Solid Democratic Sabato's Crystal Ball: Safe Democratic |
| Ballotpedia analysis |
| U.S. Senate battlegrounds U.S. House battlegrounds Federal and state primary competitiveness Ballotpedia's Election Analysis Hub, 2022 |
| See also |
U.S. Senate • 1st • 2nd • 3rd • 4th • 5th • 6th Louisiana elections, 2022 U.S. Congress elections, 2022 U.S. Senate elections, 2022 U.S. House elections, 2022 |
All U.S. House districts, including the 2nd Congressional District of Louisiana, held elections in 2022. The general election was on December 10, 2022. The primary was scheduled for November 8, 2022. The filing deadline was July 22, 2022.
Louisiana elections use the Louisiana majority-vote system. All candidates compete in the same primary, and a candidate can win the election outright by receiving more than 50% of the vote. If no candidate does, the top two vote recipients from the primary advance to the general election, regardless of their partisan affiliation.
For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.
The outcome of this race affected the partisan balance of the U.S. House of Representatives in the 118th Congress. All 435 House districts were up for election.
Republicans won a 222-213 majority in the U.S. House in 2022.
Daily Kos calculated what the results of the 2020 presidential election in this district would have been following redistricting. Joe Biden (D) would have received 75.4% of the vote in this district and Donald Trump (R) would have received 22.9%.[1]
To learn more about other elections on the ballot, click here.
Louisiana's 2nd Congressional District was formerly represented by Cedric Richmond (D). He resigned on January 15, 2021.
Candidates and election results
Louisiana elections use the majority-vote system. All candidates compete in the same primary, and a candidate can win the election outright by receiving more than 50 percent of the vote. If no candidate does, the top two vote recipients from the primary advance to the general election, regardless of their partisan affiliation.
Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for U.S. House Louisiana District 2
Incumbent Troy Carter won election outright against Dan Lux in the primary for U.S. House Louisiana District 2 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Troy Carter (D) | 77.1 | 158,120 |
 | Dan Lux (R)  | 22.9 | 46,927 | |
| Total votes: 205,047 | |||
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Voting information
- See also: Voting in Louisiana
Campaign finance
This section contains campaign finance figures from the Federal Election Commission covering all candidate fundraising and spending in this election.[2] It does not include information on fundraising before the current campaign cycle or on spending by satellite groups. The numbers in this section are updated as candidates file new campaign finance reports. Candidates for Congress are required to file financial reports on a quarterly basis, as well as two weeks before any primary, runoff, or general election in which they will be on the ballot and upon the termination of any campaign committees.[3] Click here to view the reporting schedule for candidates for U.S. Congress in 2022.
| U.S. Congress campaign reporting schedule, 2022 | ||
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| Report | Close of books | Filing deadline |
| Year-end 2021 | 12/31/2021 | 1/31/2022 |
| April quarterly | 3/31/2022 | 4/15/2022 |
| July quarterly | 6/30/2022 | 7/15/2022 |
| October quarterly | 9/30/2022 | 10/15/2022 |
| Pre-general | 10/19/2022 | 10/27/2022 |
| Post-general | 11/28/2022 | 12/08/2022 |
| Year-end 2022 | 12/31/2022 | 1/31/2023 |
| Name | Party | Receipts* | Disbursements** | Cash on hand | Date |
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| Troy Carter | Democratic Party | $3,506,916 | $3,140,729 | $366,187 | As of December 31, 2022 |
| Dan Lux | Republican Party | $32,371 | $36,052 | $-3,581 | As of November 22, 2022 |
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Source: Federal Elections Commission, "Campaign finance data," 2022. This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* According to the FEC, "Receipts are anything of value (money, goods, services or property) received by a political committee." |
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General election race ratings
- See also: Race rating definitions and methods
Ballotpedia provides race ratings from four outlets: The Cook Political Report, Inside Elections, Sabato's Crystal Ball, and DDHQ/The Hill. Each race rating indicates if one party is perceived to have an advantage in the race and, if so, the degree of advantage:
- Safe and Solid ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge and the race is not competitive.
- Likely ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge, but an upset is possible.
- Lean ratings indicate that one party has a small edge, but the race is competitive.[4]
- Toss-up ratings indicate that neither party has an advantage.
Race ratings are informed by a number of factors, including polling, candidate quality, and election result history in the race's district or state.[5][6][7]
| Race ratings: Louisiana's 2nd Congressional District election, 2022 | |||||||||
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| Race tracker | Race ratings | ||||||||
| November 8, 2022 | November 1, 2022 | October 25, 2022 | October 18, 2022 | ||||||
| The Cook Political Report with Amy Walter | Solid Democratic | Solid Democratic | Solid Democratic | Solid Democratic | |||||
| Inside Elections with Nathan L. Gonzales | Solid Democratic | Solid Democratic | Solid Democratic | Solid Democratic | |||||
| Larry J. Sabato's Crystal Ball | Safe Democratic | Safe Democratic | Safe Democratic | Safe Democratic | |||||
| Note: Ballotpedia reviews external race ratings every week throughout the election season and posts weekly updates even if the media outlets have not revised their ratings during that week. | |||||||||
Ballot access requirements
The table below details filing requirements for U.S. House candidates in Louisiana in the 2022 election cycle. For additional information on candidate ballot access requirements in Louisiana, click here.
| Filing requirements for U.S. House candidates, 2022 | ||||||
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| State | Office | Party | Signatures required[8] | Filing fee | Filing deadline | Source |
| Louisiana | U.S. House | Democratic or Republican | 1,000 | $900.00 | 7/22/2022 | Source |
| Louisiana | U.S. House | Unaffiliated | 1,000 | $600.00 | 7/23/2022 | Source |
District analysis
Click the tabs below to view information about voter composition, past elections, and demographics in both the district and the state.
- Competitiveness - Information about the competitiveness of 2022 U.S. House elections in the state.
- Presidential elections - Information about presidential elections in the district and the state.
- Demographics - Information about the state's demographics and how they compare to the country as a whole.
- State party control - The partisan makeup of the state's congressional delegation and state government.
Competitiveness
This section contains data on U.S. House primary election competitiveness in Louisiana.
Post-filing deadline analysis
The following analysis covers all U.S. House districts up for election in Louisiana in 2022. Information below was calculated on October 26, 2022, and may differ from information shown in the table above due to candidate replacements and withdrawals after that time.
Twenty-two candidates filed to run for Louisiana’s six U.S. House districts, a decade-low. The candidates included six Democrats, 12 Republicans, one independent, and three libertarians. That’s 3.7 candidates per district, fewer than the five candidates per district in 2020 and the 4.7 in 2018.
This was the first election to take place under new district lines following the 2020 census. Louisiana was apportioned six districts, the same number it was apportioned after the 2010 census.
The 22 candidates who filed to run this year were six fewer than the 30 candidates who ran in 2020, and four fewer than the 28 candidates who ran in 2018. Thirty-nine candidates ran in 2016, thirty-five ran in 2014, and 23 ran in 2012.
No seats were open this year. One seat was open in 2020, no seats were open in 2018, two seats were open in 2016, and one seat was open in 2014.
There were five contested primaries this year, one fewer than in 2020 and 2018, and the same number as in 2016 and 2014. Four Republican incumbents and a Democratic one ran in contested primaries. That number was the same as in 2020, when five incumbents faced contested primaries as well. There were six incumbents in contested primaries in 2018 and three in 2016 and 2014.
One Republican incumbent, Mike Johnson, did not face any primary challengers. The fourth and sixth districts were guaranteed to Republicans because no Democrats filed.
Presidential elections
Partisan Voter Index
Heading into the 2022 elections, based on results from the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was D+25. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 25 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made Louisiana's 2nd the 38th most Democratic district nationally.[9]
2020 presidential election results
The table below shows what the vote in the 2020 presidential election would have been in this district. The presidential election data was compiled by Daily Kos.
| 2020 presidential results in Louisiana's 2nd based on 2022 district lines | ||||
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Joe Biden 
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Donald Trump 
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| 75.4% | 22.9% | |||
Presidential voting history
- See also: Presidential election in Louisiana, 2020
Louisiana presidential election results (1900-2020)
- 17 Democratic wins
- 12 Republican wins
- 2 other wins
| Year | 1900 | 1904 | 1908 | 1912 | 1916 | 1920 | 1924 | 1928 | 1932 | 1936 | 1940 | 1944 | 1948 | 1952 | 1956 | 1960 | 1964 | 1968 | 1972 | 1976 | 1980 | 1984 | 1988 | 1992 | 1996 | 2000 | 2004 | 2008 | 2012 | 2016 | 2020 |
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| Winning Party | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | SR[10] | D | R | D | R | AI[11] | R | D | R | R | R | D | D | R | R | R | R | R | R |
Demographics
The table below details demographic data in Louisiana and compares it to the broader United States as of 2019.
| Demographic Data for Louisiana | ||
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| Louisiana | United States | |
| Population | 4,657,757 | 331,449,281 |
| Land area (sq mi) | 43,210 | 3,531,905 |
| Race and ethnicity** | ||
| White | 61.2% | 70.4% |
| Black/African American | 32.2% | 12.6% |
| Asian | 1.7% | 5.6% |
| Native American | 0.6% | 0.8% |
| Pacific Islander | 0% | 0.2% |
| Other (single race) | 1.6% | 5.1% |
| Multiple | 2.7% | 5.2% |
| Hispanic/Latino | 5.2% | 18.2% |
| Education | ||
| High school graduation rate | 85.9% | 88.5% |
| College graduation rate | 24.9% | 32.9% |
| Income | ||
| Median household income | $50,800 | $64,994 |
| Persons below poverty level | 18.6% | 12.8% |
| Source: population provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "Decennial Census" (2020). Other figures provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2015-2020). | ||
| **Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here. | ||
State party control
Congressional delegation
The table below displays the partisan composition of Louisiana's congressional delegation as of November 2022.
| Congressional Partisan Breakdown from Louisiana, November 2022 | |||
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| Party | U.S. Senate | U.S. House | Total |
| Democratic | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Republican | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vacancies | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 2 | 6 | 8 |
State executive
The table below displays the officeholders in Louisiana's top four state executive offices as of November 2022.
| State executive officials in Louisiana, November 2022 | |
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| Office | Officeholder |
| Governor | John Bel Edwards
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| Lieutenant Governor | Billy Nungesser
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| Secretary of State | Kyle Ardoin
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| Attorney General | Jeff Landry
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State legislature
The tables below highlight the partisan composition of the Louisiana State Legislature as of November 2022.
Louisiana State Senate
| Party | As of November 2022 | |
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| Democratic Party | 11 | |
| Republican Party | 26 | |
| Vacancies | 2 | |
| Total | 39 | |
Louisiana House of Representatives
| Party | As of November 2022 | |
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| Democratic Party | 34 | |
| Republican Party | 68 | |
| Independent | 3 | |
| Vacancies | 0 | |
| Total | 105 | |
Trifecta control
As of November 2022, Louisiana was a divided government, with Democrats controlling the governorship and Republican majorities in both chambers of the state legislature. The table below displays the historical trifecta status of the state.
Louisiana Party Control: 1992-2022
Eight years of Democratic trifectas • Five years of Republican trifectas
Scroll left and right on the table below to view more years.
| Year | 92 | 93 | 94 | 95 | 96 | 97 | 98 | 99 | 00 | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
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| Governor | D | D | D | D | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | D | D | D | D | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | D | D | D | D | D | D | D |
| Senate | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R |
| House | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R |
District history
2020
See also: Louisiana's 2nd Congressional District election, 2020
Louisiana elections use the majority-vote system. All candidates compete in the same primary, and a candidate can win the election outright by receiving more than 50 percent of the vote. If no candidate does, the top two vote recipients from the primary advance to the general election, regardless of their partisan affiliation.
Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for U.S. House Louisiana District 2
The following candidates ran in the primary for U.S. House Louisiana District 2 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Cedric Richmond (D) | 63.6 | 201,636 |
 | David Schilling (R) | 15.0 | 47,575 | |
| Glenn Harris (D) | 10.6 | 33,684 | ||
| Sheldon Vincent Sr. (R) | 4.9 | 15,565 | ||
 | Belden Batiste (Independent) | 3.9 | 12,268 | |
 | Colby James (Independent) | 2.0 | 6,254 | |
| Total votes: 316,982 | |||
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2018
Louisiana elections use the majority-vote system. All candidates compete in the same primary, and a candidate can win the election outright by receiving more than 50 percent of the vote. If no candidate does, the top two vote recipients from the primary advance to the general election, regardless of their partisan affiliation.
Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for U.S. House Louisiana District 2
Incumbent Cedric Richmond won election outright against Jesse Schmidt, Belden Batiste, and Shawndra Rodriguez in the primary for U.S. House Louisiana District 2 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Cedric Richmond (D) | 80.6 | 190,182 |
 | Jesse Schmidt (Independent) | 8.7 | 20,465 | |
| Belden Batiste (Independent) | 7.3 | 17,260 | |
 | Shawndra Rodriguez (Independent) | 3.4 | 8,075 | |
| Total votes: 235,982 | |||
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2016
Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Democratic. Incumbent Cedric Richmond (D) defeated Kip Holden (D), Kenneth Cutno (D), and Samuel Davenport (L) in the primary election on November 8, 2016. [12]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic |  Cedric Richmond Incumbent |
69.8% | 198,289 | |
| Democratic | Kip Holden | 20.1% | 57,125 | |
| Democratic | Kenneth Cutno | 10.2% | 28,855 | |
| Total Votes | 284,269 | |||
| Source: Louisiana Secretary of State | ||||
2014
The 2nd Congressional District of Louisiana held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 4, 2014. Cedric Richmond (D) defeated a host of candidates in the election.
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Cedric Richmond Incumbent |
68.7% | 152,201 | |
| Democratic | Gary Landrieu | 17.1% | 37,805 | |
| Libertarian | Samuel Davenport | 6.9% | 15,237 | |
| Independent | David Brooks | 7.4% | 16,327 | |
| Total Votes | 221,570 | |||
| Source: Louisiana Secretary of State | ||||
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' 2020 presidential results by congressional district, for new and old districts," accessed September 15, 2022
- ↑ Fundraising by primary candidates can be found on the race's respective primary election page. Fundraising by general election candidates can be found on the race's general election page.
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "2022 Quarterly Reports," accessed March 2, 2022
- ↑ Inside Elections also uses Tilt ratings to indicate an even smaller advantage and greater competitiveness.
- ↑ Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Nathan Gonzalez," April 19, 2018
- ↑ Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Kyle Kondik," April 19, 2018
- ↑ Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Charlie Cook," April 22, 2018
- ↑ Petition signatures only required in lieu of a filing fee.
- ↑ Cook Political Report, "The 2022 Cook Partisan Voting Index (Cook PVI℠)," accessed February 6, 2023
- ↑ States' Rights Democratic Party
- ↑ American Independent Party
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "Candidate Inquiry," accessed July 25, 2016
